Interest shown in Siem Reap rail connection
Private sector companies have expressed interest in building a high-speed railway to connect Phnom Penh to Siem Reap and the Thai border town of Poipet, Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol announced yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/interest-shown-siem-reap-rail-connection
Cambodian activist gunned down in Phnom Penh
Prominent Cambodian political activist and commentator Kem Ley was shot dead in broad daylight while sitting in a coffee shop at a gas station in Phnom Penh Sunday. ...
David Boyle
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodian-activist-gunned-down-in-phnom-penh/3411297.html
After sea decision, Chinese funds flow in
China will provide Cambodia with more than half a billion dollars in aid, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday, less than a week after Cambodia again declined to support an Asean statement critical of Beijing’s claims to the hotly contested South China Sea. ...
Ben Paviour and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-sea-decision-chinese-funds-flow-in-115527/
Disney buys up carbon credits in Mondulkiri
The Walt Disney Company has purchased $2.6 million in carbon credits in the forests of Mondulkuri province – marking the largest carbon credit sale to date in Cambodia and breathing life into a carbon-trading program many had written off as all but dead. ...
Phak Seangly and Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disney-buys-carbon-credits-mondulkiri
PM in China to discuss trade ties
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday appealed for more Chinese investment in Cambodia and said he hoped the country of more than 1.3 billion would increase its imports of products from the Kingdom. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-china-discuss-trade-ties
Homes lost in Kandal to riverbank collapse
Twenty families lost their homes when a riverbank collapsed into the Mekong yesterday in Kandal’s Loeuk Dek district, according to local authorities. Nov Samnang, Loeuk Dek district governor, said yesterday that three houses were partially submerged in the river, while 17 others were intentionally dismantled ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/homes-lost-kandal-riverbank-collapse
UN backs local OHCHR office in dispute
The United Nations is standing behind Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) country representative Wan-Hea Lee after a letter signed by Foreign Minister Prak Sokhon accused her of failing to respect Cambodia’s sovereignty. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-backs-local-ohchr-office-dispute
Entrepreneurship to be taught in the classroom
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron has unveiled a plan to add coursework on entrepreneurship to the school and university curricula starting in the next academic year, state news agency AKP said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/entrepreneurship-be-taught-classroom
Cambodia joins global infrastructure fund in Davos
Cambodia has become the first Asian country to sign on to the Sustainable Development investment Partnership (SDIP), a global initiative that aims to unlock the funding of infrastructure projects through public-private sector partnerships. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-joins-global-infrastructure-fund-davos
PM explains differences in the minimum wage
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged members of the armed forces and civil servants not to envy teachers and doctors who get higher wages, saying teachers were in the field of growing human resources. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36795/pm-explains-differences-in-the-minimum-wage/
Hyatt Regency to open in Phnom Penh
Hyatt Regency added Cambodia to its growing footprint in Southeast Asia with a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday to lay the foundations of the international five-star hotel that is expected to open in Phnom Penh in 2020. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36773/hyatt-regency-to-open-in-phnom-penh/
Bright prospects in sight for banana farmers
The banana is Cambodia’s national fruit and makes an excellent after-meal dessert. But its popularity extends further than just being a sweet fruit. Due to its affordable price, it’s also food for the poor and can be used regularly as offerings to the spirits or ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37085/bright-prospects-in-sight-for-banana-farmers/
India pumps in aid for cleaner water
The Indian government has honored its pledge to ensure rural people across four Cambodian provInces get desperately needed access to clean water. Yesterday marked the long-awaited arrival of 1,500 hand pumps which will be distributed to Tbong Khmum (1,250), Kampong Chhnang and Banteay Meanchey (100 ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37650/india-pumps-in-aid-for-cleaner-water/
Over 35,000 kids still in care
A staggering 35,000 Cambodian children and young people continue to be housed in a range of residential care facilities, with many of them flying under the government’s radar, according to a new report released by the Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-35000-kids-still-care
Illegal logs set ablaze in wildlife sanctuary
Environment Ministry officials in Ratanakkiri province are hunting for timber traders who on Sunday set ablaze 300 logs of luxury wood in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, one of several protected areas raided by Vietnamese loggers in recent months. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-logs-set-ablaze-wildlife-sanctuary
Complaint in Koh Kong over destroyed crops
Some 100 villagers in Koh Kong province’s Thma Bang district removed warning posts put up by environmental rangers and a conservation NGO around land that had been allegedly cleared by the residents since 2013 for farming, filing a complaint against the NGO for allegedly destroying ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/complaint-koh-kong-over-destroyed-crops
Loggers busted in Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary
More than 400 pieces of luxury thnong wood suspected to be felled by a local community were seized by authorities in Pursat province’s Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary on Thursday following a tip-off from a local reporter. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/loggers-busted-phnom-samkos-wildlife-sanctuary
PM: Invest more in processing raw materials
Prime Minister Hun Sen called on investors to invest in the processing of raw materials to support the government’s 2015-2025 industrial Development Policy (IDP). ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38736/pm--invest-more-in-processing-raw-materials/
Cashew growers brace for fall in prices
Cashew nut prices seem to have fallen slightly at the end of harvest season compared to March this year, according to the cashew nut association in Kampong Thom province. Association president Oum Uon said prices for raw cashew nuts dropped from 7,000 riel ($1.75) per kilo ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39073/cashew-growers-brace-for-fall-in-prices/
Consumer protection law still in draft stage
The Ministry of Commerce and other relevant ministries will meet later this month to review progress on the country’s first consumer protection law and formulate a plan to complete the draft legislation, a ministry official said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/consumer-protection-law-still-draft-stage